President Barack Obama gave an oval office address Sunday calling the attacks in San Bernardino last week an act of terrorism. Obama told the American people what would be done to stop ISIS, but some congressional candidates on the Central Coast are calling for more aggressive action.

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Casey Lucius currently sits on the Pacific Grove City Council, served in the Navy and holds a masters in National Security Affairs, and she is running for Congress as a republican.

On Monday, Lucius called for more aggressive strategies in the fight against ISIS, including three major tactics she'd like to see in action.

The first being an online offensive launched against ISIS she said going on the defensive securing our own networks is not enough.

"One of the ways that ISIS recruits and indoctrinates is through the internet and we should be launching an offensive cyber-attack against their online capabilities," she said.

The second strategy she called for involves using economic sanctions against countries like Turkey and Qatar that she said are buying oil from ISIS.

"That might be a way to compel those countries not only to not support ISIS but also get involved in fighting against ISIS," she said.

Lucius also supports the use of ground forces, alongside ramping up airstrikes and special forces operations.

"We shouldn't do it alone, anything the US does has to be a multi-lateral effort, so we need to convince our allies and partners to be engaged, but we can't do that if we're going to be on the side-lines," Lucius said.

Lucius said if she were in Congress today, there would be some items she'd work to solve immediately to defeat ISIS.

The candidate said those items include: securing more funding for the National Center for Counterterrorism, reinstating the Worldwide Incident Tracking System and Along with action congress needs to take to fund the national counter terrorism center, reinstating the Worldwide Incident Tracking System, and reassuring her constituents that the United States will defeat ISIS.

Deputy District Attorney Jimmy Panetta, who is also running for Congress, was not available for an interview in time for this articles publication but released a statement on the president’s address.

"It was important for the President to address this crisis facing the American people.What is critical now, is that the American people are unified behind the effort to defeat ISIS. it is not a crisis that can be dealt with from fear, but from strength," Panetta's statement read.